On the nature of nuclear dissipation, as a hallmark for collective dynamics at finite excitation

Details On the nature of nuclear dissipation, as a hallmark for collective dynamics at finite excitation On the nature of nuclear dissipation, as a hallmark for collective dynamics at finite excitation

1995-10-27

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9510055v2

Nucl.Phys. A598 (1996) 187-234

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

50 pages plus 10 figures, uuencoded postscript files

Scientific paper

10.1016/0375-9474(95)00442-4

We study slow collective motion of isoscalar type at finite excitation. The collective variable is parameterized as a shape degree of freedom and the mean field is approximated by a deformed shell model potential. We concentrate on situations of slow motion, as guaranteed, for instance, by the presence of a strong friction force, which allows us to apply linear response theory. The prediction for nuclear dissipation of some models of internal motion are contrasted. They encompass such opposing cases as that of pure independent particle motion and the one of "collisional dominance". For the former the wall formula appears as the macroscopic limit, which is here simulated through Strutinsky smoothing procedures. It is argued that this limit hardly applies to the actual nuclear situation. The reason is found in large collisional damping present for nucleonic dynamics at finite temperature $T$. The level structure of the mean field as well as the $T$-dependence of collisional damping determine the $T$-dependence of friction. Two contributions are isolated, one coming from real transitions, the other being associated to what for infinite matter is called the "heat pole". The importance of the latter depends strongly on the level spectrum of internal motion, and thus is very different for "adiabatic" and "diabatic" situations, both belonging to different degrees of "ergodicity".

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